Stopped at a Goodwill a bit earlier and came across, the book, ‘The Log of Christopher Columbus’.
The log includes travels between, what would be called, Florida and the Bahamas.
Included is this 1547 illustration of a manatee.
An interesting view of the sea cow.
Imagine being at sea and seeing a manatee from the bow of a moving ship and versus what you could see up close.
“The Side Show of Lovelies” is a way of advertising I haven’t seen involving department stores around Florida. Maybe friends around Ocala might remember this Sears “Carnival”.
This postcard is postmarked January 18th, 1919 from Orlando to somewhere in Ohio. The mailer wrote a long message in the back that is very hard to read or understand. The addressee information is just as hard to understand and, due to other markings on the card, wonder if the postcard ever made it to it’s destination.
Main Street was changed to Magnolia Avenue in the nineteen-teens.
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#Orlando #Postcard #FloridaPostcards #History #FloridaHistory #Floridana
Trilby tries to explain how books mysteriously disappeared from Swampy’s library yesterday. During his story a potato plant turns into a dragon and a snack-munching baby alligator becomes a fearless defender of bookshelves.
Tomorrow: Celebrate a berry!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#TellAFairyTaleDay #Fairy #Tale #Celebrate #Celebration #Daily #Cartoon #DailyCartoon #happy #books #reading #Read #Literature #Holidays